It Consumes

Reminds me of Devil Daggers but cooler with more stuff happening

this is an amazing game, with enough content, gameplay and variety to keep you captivated, and fun or further challenging little extras if you do side content, it's pretty straightforward and once you get a grasp of shooting and keeping your pulse continuously (or just shoot if you're a badass bat) it won't be too focus taxing, a really easy game to get into with a shorter start to end, but plentyyy abilities, challenges, perks and challenges to choose from to give you a varying experience each run, the introduction to the jammer enemy really stressed me out, in such a good way, the sound is really useful and quite necessary, one of the cooler games out there for sure, definitely give it a shot if you're interested.

Awesome atmosphere and a fun challenge!

A really fun and unique experience, It Comsumes blends a variety of gameplay elements that revolve around not always being able to see enemies! The design encourages players to find a system that works for them with a diverse array of powerups and equipment. Varied enemies are sprinkled throughout to keep the challenge fun.

I won't say it's objectively well designed, but i will say i'm personally having fun with it, mostly due to the sandbox mode. At first, the multitasking feels intimidating, and the visibility is terrible. But once it clicks, you can get in a flow state that is pretty enjoyable. I hope this gets a couple updates though because it's not feeling very polished right now. I'm finding a handful of flaws here and there, and they do stick out quite a bit. I feel like there are some things that aren't working as intended, like enemy spawns for example. If you leave around 3 waves of basic skulls alive, they will stop spawning in, even if they are set to spawn. Some enemies don't seem to be spawning at all in sandbox. I would recommend this if you're the type to enjoy sandbox, theory crafting, designing your own game modes, that sort of stuff. There is an impressive amount of depth to be discovered. There's enough tools and modifiers to always be able to find or design a fun game mode for yourself. You can play with a specific combination of perks you enjoy. You can also just create your own perks. You can create your own curses and handicaps to challenge yourself. I mean, there has to be some interactions that break the game. And yes, bugs abound. But you can tinker around most of those unwanted interactions the same way you discovered them. If tinkering with an arena shooter's actual in game numbers and mechanics sounds interesting to you, then i think there's replayability here and fun to be had.

"I like Devil Daggers, but what if vision was a resource?" sums this up exceptionally well. It's more arcade-y in nature, but that's a deliberate choice by the dev, and it helps make this game truly stand on its own. That combined with excellent sound design and most importantly of all incredible feeling moving and combat? I can easily recommend this. If you're not sure, the demo gives you an excellent idea of what the full game entails.